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*The November Club was the first women's club in Andover. It was formed in 1889 after Miss Elizabeth Handy called a meeting of 15 "well-educated, enterprising, and socially elite women" in November 1888 to discuss her idea to start a women's club.
Howard Ames Coon was borne on May 7, 1890 in DeRuter, New York.  Mr. Coon studied art at the Rhode Island School of Desig and moved to Ballardvale in 1930. He taught art and Abbott Academy. Mr. Coon's brother Raymond Coon was an accomplished pianist at taught music at Abbot Academy. Several of Howard Ames Coon's (1890-1997) watercolors hang in Memorial Hall Library, [http://www.mhl.org/art including Benjamin Abbot's Homestead Rose Cottage and Ballardvale].  


*The club first met at 126 Main St., but, after 20 more women joined, moved to Abbot Hall.
During the depression years, Mr. Coon built a twenty-one foot sailboat which was of much local interest and which served him well as a sport he enjoyed for many years.  


*In February 1892 they dedicated a new clubhouse on Love Lane, now called Locke Street.
In 1948, the Coon family moved to Gloucester, MA where he painted seascapes.  Mr. Coon served in the United States Army during WWI and was an Air Raid Warden in WWII.  


*The November Club raised money for local charities, the war efforts, and to build their Locke Street clubhouse. They give dance lessons to young people, and had guest speakers.
One of Mr. Coon's paintings hung for many years in the office of Henry Morganthau, Secretary of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. It was comissioned by the United States Government.  In addition, Mr. Coon painted an extensive mural in the chapel at Fort Warren, Massachusetts.


*By 1985 membership had fallen and the clubhouse was sold to the Unitarian Universalist Church. The money was given to Memorial Hall Library to furnish a November Club reading room.
Mr. Coon was married at the Searles Estate in Windham, NH to the former Helen Ryder. They had four children: Eleanor, Arthur, Rowen and Howard Jr. Mrs. Coon was the daughter of Arthur Frederick Ryder , owner of Ryder's Drugstore which stood for many years on the corner of Essex Street and Broadway in Lawrence.  


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Howard Ames Coon died in 1977.


*Town Had First Clubhouse "for Ladies Wholly" by Karen Wakeling, Andover Historical Society. ''Andover Townsman'' January 19, 2012. p.8.
*"Andover's Innovators Lead the Way", ''The Townsman'', May 30, 2013, page 13.
* [https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/newspapers/ATM-1985-12-05.pdf Church Buys a Bit of History] by Susan K. O'Neill  ''Andover Townsman'' December 5, 1985, p.55


*November Club Yearbooks, 1907-1967, in Andover Room at Memorial Hall Library.Digital Copies of the November Club Yearbooks may be accessed online: https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one
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[ttps://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:925486/one November Club Yearbooks]
*"Library Brushes Up Art Work", ''Townsman'', October 3, 1991.


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Howard Ames Coon was borne on May 7, 1890 in DeRuter, New York. Mr. Coon studied art at the Rhode Island School of Desig and moved to Ballardvale in 1930. He taught art and Abbott Academy. Mr. Coon's brother Raymond Coon was an accomplished pianist at taught music at Abbot Academy. Several of Howard Ames Coon's (1890-1997) watercolors hang in Memorial Hall Library, including Benjamin Abbot's Homestead Rose Cottage and Ballardvale.

During the depression years, Mr. Coon built a twenty-one foot sailboat which was of much local interest and which served him well as a sport he enjoyed for many years.

In 1948, the Coon family moved to Gloucester, MA where he painted seascapes. Mr. Coon served in the United States Army during WWI and was an Air Raid Warden in WWII.

One of Mr. Coon's paintings hung for many years in the office of Henry Morganthau, Secretary of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. It was comissioned by the United States Government. In addition, Mr. Coon painted an extensive mural in the chapel at Fort Warren, Massachusetts.

Mr. Coon was married at the Searles Estate in Windham, NH to the former Helen Ryder. They had four children: Eleanor, Arthur, Rowen and Howard Jr. Mrs. Coon was the daughter of Arthur Frederick Ryder , owner of Ryder's Drugstore which stood for many years on the corner of Essex Street and Broadway in Lawrence.

Howard Ames Coon died in 1977.


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  • "Library Brushes Up Art Work", Townsman, October 3, 1991.



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